santo domingo.- Due to cooler temperatures in the country, the incidence of respiratory viruses in the population remains high, although at lower rates than three weeks ago.
As a result of these conditions, patients continue to visit public and private health centers for emergencies and consultations, where children are the most vulnerable.
Nelson Muñoz’s eight-month-old twins arrived at the emergency room at Hugo Mendoza Pediatric Hospital yesterday morning after having flu symptoms for two days.
“This girl was running a lot and was crowded,” Munoz said of the child in her arms, noting that the other girl had a fever Saturday night in addition to a runny nose.
Another case was the four-year-old granddaughter of Onelia Encarnación, who was referred from Villa Altagracia to Robert Reed with pneumonia, vomiting and diarrhea ·Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital.
She said the cold may have affected her because the little girl was taken to the children’s home in a car every day so her mother could go to work. However, upon arriving at the center, he was also diagnosed with high bilirubin and hepatitis A, a disease spread through contaminated water or food.
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Alfredo Matos Hopelman, president of the Dominican Pulmonary Society, said respiratory syncytial virus influenza A and B are currently circulating, but coronavirus cases have decreased.